Mechanical assessment of elastin integrity in fibrillin-1-deficient carotid arteries: Implications for Marfan syndrome

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Ferruzzi, Jacopo ^a   Collins, Melissa J ^a   Yeh, Alvin T ^a   Humphrey, Jay D ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic fibres; Fatigue; Mechanics; Stiffness; Stress strain

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY; IN VIVO STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VASODILATATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

EID: 80054112933     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr195     Document Type: Article

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